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Thanks to Video, Yale Jugglers Are Getting Laid To-Night

by Nick Summers | December 18, 2006 at 2:06 pm

We’re sure juggling is hard and all, and this clip, from the Yale Anti-Gravity Society, is certainly impressive. We’d probably kill ourselves just by attempting three of the bowling pins, whereas the YAGS guys use flaming torches and what appear to be scimitars. Honestly, though, we’re pretty sure our grandmother could have edited a better promo video with nothing but a spool of 8mm filmstock, Scotch tape, and her teeth. And setting the whole thing to the Transiberian Orchestra’s goofy “Appalachian Snowfall” and using up every last video transition in Final Cut Pro does little to dispel juggling’s reputation as a refuge for well-coordinated outcasts.

Unless, of course, it’s one big joke — which it clearly is. After all, these are the guys who put on a show last semester entitled “The Iliad - with juggling.” The group’s leadership positions include “Minister of Armaments” and “Minister of Fresh Blood.” So good luck, guys: if keeping ten fiery sticks aloft at once doesn’t translate into social and romantic success … well, then there’s something very wrong with this world.

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